Chen Luo discovered he could scavenge the minds of the dead.
So he went to a graveyard and scavenge the brain of a deceased Great Emperor, figuring he’d borrow it for a bit.
While other...
Qingyan City has one more Jindan Zhenren.
It is said that this person was favored by True Lord Ziji as soon as he entered the city, and was accepted as his last disciple. He rose to fame overnight and became an upper-class figure in Qingyan City. I don't know how many casual cultivators envied him. Because of this incident, many casual cultivators who had built foundations came to True Lord Ziji's door, and even many Jindan cultivators came to worship him and seek the truth. It's a pity that except for the last time he "accepted a disciple", True Lord Ziji never came out again, which disappointed many casual cultivators who wanted to encounter opportunities.
The courtyard remains the same.
Chen Luo stood by the pool and sprinkled fish food into it.
Two spiritual fish, one gold and one black, were fighting for food in the water. These two spiritual fish were contributed by the Zhang brothers. If they were placed outside, casual cultivators might fight over spiritual fish at the Qi Refining Realm, but here at Chen Luo's place, spiritual fish of this level could only be raised for viewing.
Zi Tianji stood nearby, respectfully telling his 'disciple' Chen Luo about the recent events in Qingyan City, as well as the news coming in from other places.
"This era is very special. Don't be anxious. Find what you can see first."
After spreading the fish food, Chen Luo walked to the pavilion next to him and sat down, and Zi Tianji followed him.
"Old Monster Qingyan has completely trusted me. I dripped my blood on that mirror. It is very likely that I was cursed."
Zi Tianji raised his arm and rolled up his sleeves.
There was a red dot the size of a grain of rice on the arm's blood vessels. This red dot was like a living worm, swimming in the arm.
In order to gain the trust of the old monster Qingyan, Zi Tianji dripped his blood essence on the magic mirror of Qingyan City. This is what all the core members of Qingyanfang City have to do. Only when the blood essence is integrated into the magic mirror can the old monster Qingyan be trusted 100%.
"The curse originating from blood is a little troublesome."
Chen Luo's eyes began to fluctuate, and the more than 20 brains in his external brain that were proficient in curses all became active and began to break down the curse.
'Blood curse.'
'Blood God's Curse, superimposed prohibitions.'
'Relying on spiritual tools.'
A complete blood curse was instantly split into more than twenty sub-modules. Chen Luo stretched out his right hand, extended his index finger, and tapped on Zi Tianji's pulse gate.
Buzz!!
A circle of light blue light spread out, and a light green light spot condensed between the index finger. The lower part of the light spot penetrated into the skin, and like a long snake, it followed the meridians and attacked the blood-colored light spot.
Sensing the danger, the blood-colored light quickly disappeared, trying to follow the blood flow and lurk in the heart veins. But how could Chen Luo give it a chance? He raised his index finger upwards. The light green light was like a magnet, pulling the blood-colored light out of Zi Tianji's body.
A small red insect that looked like a tick kept twisting on my fingertips.
"It's obvious that Old Monster Qingyan has never seen the world. He wants to control me with just a blood-dripping technique. He is really just looking at the world from a well."
Zi Tianji watched Chen Luo extract the source of the curse from his body, and a smile appeared on his face.
The reason why he dared to be so bold was because of the existence of Chen Luo.
Zi Tianji has more confidence in this headmaster than anyone else. This is a great master whose cultivation has never been suppressed across time.
“He still has some skills.”
The tick was suspended in the palm of his hand. Chen Luo reached out and took out a green spiritual stone. He used his spiritual power to move the tick to another nest. He sealed the spiritual stone and asked Zi Tianji to carry it with him so that he would not be noticed by the Lord of Qingyan City.
"Qingyan City should be used well. After a while, you can follow this line to investigate the Ancient Sword Sect."
Chen Luo did not forget the purpose of coming here.
Only by borrowing the identity of Qingyan City can we find the whereabouts of the Silent Taoist more quickly and get in touch with the behemoth that is the Ancient Sword Sect.
After seeing Zi Tianji off, Chen Luo walked back into the house.
The alchemy furnace in the room was releasing heat, and four strange insects were lying on the rockery in the yard to bask in the sun. Unlike the Illusion God Gu, Chen Luo's current clone was created by the Illusion God Gu.
"Why is there no legendary world?"
Sitting cross-legged, Chen Luo closed his eyes, and a circle of psychedelic mist appeared around him. His body seemed to have melted into mist, leaving only a vague outline.
A few days later.
Chen Luo woke up from his retreat.
This time of retreat, his cultivation was more stable, and the Heavenly Seed Divine Transformation allowed him to quickly adapt to the changes here and not be affected by the outside world.
“Senior, the Huang family wants to see you.”
The Zhang brothers stood outside the door and spoke.
The ancestor of the Huang family they were talking about was the ancestor of the Huang Xie family who had previously competed with them for the mission of "The Land of Immortal Falls".
This matter had already passed, and Huang Xie did not come to cause trouble. The world of immortal cultivation is so large that many things are solved by discussion among immortal cultivators of the same level. The reason why the Zhang brothers were bullied before was because they had no backers. But now it is different. The brothers Zhang Shi and Zhang Chen have relied on Chen Luo, which is considered to be an indirect relationship with the deputy city lord Zi Ji Zhenjun.
With this relationship, the way of communication will naturally become different.
This is the normal way of communication between cultivators. Fighting and killing are done by casual cultivators without foundation. The cultivator families with foundation like order the most. They take many things into consideration, but the ones they hate the most are those lawless casual cultivators. Such people are usually labeled as demon cultivators by them and killed.
“No time.”
Chen Luo didn't even raise his eyelids.
How could he waste time on a Jindan cultivator whose name he didn't even know?
"Huang Tian is back. He is an inner disciple of the Ancient Sword Sect."
Zhang Shi remembered that Chen Luo had previously assigned him the task of keeping an eye on the Ancient Sword Sect, so he immediately told him about this matter.
The Huang family has a genius named Huang Tian. This person has a rare sword body that is rare in ten thousand years. He was spotted by the elders of the Ancient Sword Sect when he was very young and was taken away from Qingyan City. The Huang family's current power has a lot to do with Huang Tian.
"An inner disciple of the Ancient Sword Sect?"
Chen Luo opened his eyes. As for the Ancient Sword Sect, Chen Luo had never made any formal contact with it. Most of the "Ancient Sword Sect disciples" in Qingyan Market were "nominal disciples" like the Zhang brothers. They were essentially vassals of Qingyan Market. They had never been to the Ancient Sword Sect's mountain gate.
"What kind of cultivation?"
“I heard that he is a Jindan Zhenren who has made top-grade elixirs.” Zhang Chen responded immediately.
The two brothers were both smart people. After knowing that Chen Luo was interested in the Ancient Sword Sect, they immediately focused their attention on this. Recently, the two brothers have obtained several foundation-building pills from Chen Luo. They have never seen these elixirs before. After taking them, their spiritual power increased significantly. This made them very motivated. The news about Huang Tian was bought by them from the ghost market at a high price.
"I'm worried that I can't find a way."
Chen Luo stood up, pushed the door and walked out.
The Huang family is not far away.
In just a cup of tea, the three of them arrived at the Huang family's house. This was a large courtyard built entirely of vermilion rocks, and its area was almost ten times that of the small courtyard where Chen Luo lived. The interior was carved with dragons and phoenixes, and was filled with spiritual energy.
There were countless servants coming and going, and there were also some guests who were secretly practicing unconventional magic hidden among them.
This is the immortal cultivation clan.
Not only does the master cultivate immortality, but he also secretly trains his servants to practice. Every few years, the Huang family will go to the mortal world to find some qualified mortals, bring them into the Huang family, and sign servant contracts.
Most of the skills practiced by the servants were suppressed by the Huang family's skills.
The hidden dangers are also very obvious, most of which are the types of skills that consume potential. Even if these people can cultivate to the foundation-building stage, their strength is far inferior to that of the Huang family. On the contrary, they can help the Huang family deal with some shady things, allowing the main family to sit high in the clouds and not be stained by dust.
This is how most immortal cultivation families operate.
Compared to the era that Chen Luo lived in, this era is even more cruel. People living in the mundane world are like weeds in the mud. If no one leads the way, they will struggle in the world all their lives, not knowing when the day will come.
"A distinguished guest has arrived. Please come in."
As soon as the three of them landed, someone from the Huang family came out to greet them.
The man was in his forties, dressed in a black and gold robe. He looked dignified without even getting angry, and it was obvious at first glance that he was a person in power who had been in a high position for a long time.
"Thank you."
Chen Luo restrained his aura, and only revealed the early stage of Jindan.
The Zhang brothers followed behind him like followers, not daring to say a word.
The three of them entered the Huang family yard.
The middle-aged man led Chen Luo to a courtyard in the back, where the spiritual energy was even richer than in other courtyards. Chen Luo glanced around and found that the courtyard was actually arranged with a third-order spirit gathering array. Not only that, there was also a fourth-order defense array and five superimposed low-level arrays on the periphery. This arrangement alone was not something that casual cultivators could do. It required the accumulation of a generation, or even several generations.
Soon a servant came up and was responsible for receiving the Zhang brothers.
"Please come this way, we have prepared some top-quality Qingling fruit."
"this"
Hearing about the Qingling Fruit, the Zhang brothers were a little excited, but they couldn't help but look at Chen Luo.
"Go ahead."
Chen Luo nodded. He had just scanned the area with his spiritual sense. There were indeed two Jindan auras within the Huang family. The strongest one was the middle-aged man in front of him. In addition, there was another hidden aura. This person should be Huang Tian, the inner disciple of the Ancient Sword Sect mentioned by the Zhang brothers.
After seeing off the Zhang brothers, only Chen Luo and the middle-aged man were left in the yard. The middle-aged man led the way and took Chen Luo to the pavilion in the yard with the most spiritual energy and sat down.
"My name is Huang Cheng, and I am the current head of the Huang family."
Huang Cheng bowed and introduced himself to Chen Luo very politely.
After that, he did not forget to have someone bring the spiritual fruits and fine wine. These fruits were very peculiar in appearance, and they were green and red like lanterns, with a bright glow inside, which was very beautiful. Judging from the strength of spiritual energy, these spiritual fruits were all level three, and were spiritual materials for the Jindan realm.
"There were some misunderstandings between the younger generation of the clan and fellow Taoists before. This time, I asked you to come here mainly to resolve this grudge."
After saying that, without waiting for Chen Luo to speak, he shouted towards a small door at the back of the yard.
"Huang Xie, why don't you come in?" (End of this chapter)